Hey, if you'd like to know how to exactly wash your AG or ALOF doll's hair, or any other information about things like this, this is definitely the blog for you!
First of all, if you want to watch a video, you should go to Youtube.com . If you want the most detailing, go to Stephenswodadancer's Channel! You will find all sorts of things on there. But first I would recommend you read my blog for all the information you need for this project.
So first of all, you need baby soap, a small towel (one for the floor, one for your doll. Then you'll need your doll's wire hairbrush that has never ever been used for a human, as their hair has natural oil. Then you should get a very mild (and gentle) hair conditioner (Treseme is great, but you don't have to use this particular brand. Usually you should use the one you already have), but only a little dab since you don't want your doll's entire head in a big blob of white goo haha! Then you use lukewarm water (that means a little on the colder side rather than hot), and put your doll's hair in it. A little preface, only wash your doll's hair if extremely needed and only use an appropriate amount of water!!
And then you just (cover her eyes with cotton balls and tape; no, the tape will not leave marks on your doll's face) dunk her hair in the water. If your doll has very long hair, such as Millie (ALOF), Julie or Felicity (AG) then I wouldn't recommend dunking her whole hair in the water. Plus, if your doll has short hair like Kit (AG) I would not recommend washing it. Or if your doll has curly hair (such as Rebecca, Samantha, etc.) then I would definitely not recommend washing their hair!!
But if you do, after you dunk her hair, you need to put some baby shampoo on her hair only the size of a quarter, since a little makes alot! And then you rinse it out, but not too much with making her hair wet. And here's where the conditioner comes in... Put the same amount of conditioner in as you did with the shampoo, maybe even a little less, and spread it around her hair and let it sit for say three minutes. Then carefully rinse all of it out. From experience if you don't rinse all of it out, your doll's hair will look rather greasy so please take care your doll's hair is properly rinsed. Also, when done rinsing, lay her head off of the counter but the rest of her body still on the counter of the sink (but don't get her body or limbs wet). Then, if she has straight hair, brush it out and remember to put a towel on the floor as water will definitely spray over! I mean, it's not like this is a neat process.
Then just let it dry like that for about four hours. Brush it again, put some clothes on her, and she's about brand new! (With her hair, anyway.)
If you have an ALOF doll, then I would not recommend this. But if you do, definitely do not do this on the Elsie Dinsmore Doll!!! Seriously, do not!!!
And that's it...
Please do not blame me if your doll gets messed up in this process, as I only tell you what works and what doesn't from experience!
Thank you for reading, and happy blogging! :)
I hope this helps, and have fun!!
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